What You Ask For
Gordon grew up in the kitchen of his family's restaurant. Eventually he opened his own small country cafe.
Occasionally, one or more of the members of a sexually free commune would eat in Gordon's cafe. Gordon had heard that they sometimes invited outsiders to an orgy. He cultivated one of the women from the commune who was interested in Gordon's Zen of Cooking. Eventually she invited him to the commune for a feast.
Gordon, hoping that "feast" was just another name for orgy, accepted the invitation. At the commune, he was disappointed to see that many of the visitors were couples with children. Gordon knew then that there would be no orgy so he concentrated on the food.
At the end of the feat, he prepared to leave and thanked his hostess. She asked him if the food had disappointed him. Gordon said that the food was good, but he admitted that he had secretly hoped the feast was an orgy.
His hostess said, "You always talked to me about food. I thought food was what interested you. Come back tomorrow night and I'll teach you the zen of accepting responsibility for what you want and asking for it."
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Version española (sin la Guillen Cuervo)
Gordon crecio en la cocina del restaurante familiar. Tiempo despues, abrio su propia cafeteria.
A veces, miembros de una comuna sexualmente libre comian en la cafeteria de Gordon. Como habia odio que a veces invitaban extraños a las orgias, comenzo a granjearse la amistad de una mujer de la comuna que estaba interesada en el Zen de la cocina de Gordon. (No, no pienso traducir Zen). Al final, termino siendo invitado a la comuna para una fiesta.
Gordon, esperando que fiesta fuese unicamente otro nombre para la orgia, acepto la invitacion. Ya en la comuna, se desilusiono al ver que muchos de los visitantes eran parejas con niños. Sabiendo que no habria orgia, decidio concentrarse en la comida.
Al final de la fiesta, se preparo para marcharse y felicito a su anfitriona. Cuando esta le pregunto si la comida le habia desilusionado, contesto que era buena, pero admitio que secretamente albergaba la esperanza de que la fiesta fuese, en realidad, una orgia.
Su anfitriona le dijo, "Siempre me hablaste de comida, por lo que supuse que era la comida lo que te interesaba. Vuelve mañana por la noche y te enseñare el Zen de aceptar la responsabilidad por lo que deseas y pedirlo".
Categoria: Koan
Escuchando: R.E.M. , Imitation of life
Leyendo: Nada
Escrito por El Hombre del Traje Blanco. 11/29/2004 11:27:00 p. m.
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